Lil Gator Game is a charming open world exploration game that puts you in control of a self-named hero (I named him Zucchini). The game starts off showing a flashback of you and your sister playing a fantasy game that you created in the real world, using your imaginations to create fun new scenarios to play through during your play time. A few years pass, his sister goes away to college, and in her absence Zucchini longs to play the game with her again. One weekend she returns to town, but to Zucchini's disappointment she is too busy working on a school project to give him any of her attention. He comes up with a plan to play the game with his friends in hopes of gaining the attention of his sister and getting her to join in on the fun. The story was charming from the get go and one of the game's biggest highlights.
Lil Gator Game's gameplay takes very obvious inspiration from Breath of the Wild, but thankfully it didn't feel like a knock off or cash grab. This gameplay style gives players total control over their movement, allowing them to traverse the game world with ease. You can climb cliffs (with a stamina meter), glide, shield-slide, and attack enemies with a melee and ranged weapons. There are a lot of similarities between the two games, but Lil Gator Game still played different enough to make it feel like something special.
In Lil Gator Game you are given free roam of the game's world, a large national park. This park is populated with NPCs that are looking for assistance with some sort of a simple task, such as finding a hidden item or destroying nearby targets. Upon completion you'll receive a reward, usually a new piece of gear or some currency, and the NPC will become your friend and will head off to the park's main camp (where everyone is going for story reasons). Throughout the park there are cardboard cutout monsters, created by your friends, which when destroyed will reward you with currency. This currency can be used to purchase new gear, such as hats, shields, and new weapons. These monsters can't actually hurt you, and in fact there is no threat of death in Lil Gator Game, which makes for a relaxing, stress-free adventure.
I had a good amount of fun with Lil Gator Game, but it wasn't without its faults. The gameplay loop was really fun for a few hours, but at about the two-and-a-half or three hour mark my interest really started to wain and I found myself wanting the end credits to make their appearance. The game's soundtrack didn't help matters either as the limited track list got repetitive and a bit grating. I actually finished the last bit of the game with no sound as I just didn't want to listen to it anymore. The soundtrack was quite good, just very repetitive.
If you're in the mood for a low stress, cozy, open world game, I think most people will thoroughly enjoy Lil Gator Game.
Lil Gator Game's gameplay takes very obvious inspiration from Breath of the Wild, but thankfully it didn't feel like a knock off or cash grab. This gameplay style gives players total control over their movement, allowing them to traverse the game world with ease. You can climb cliffs (with a stamina meter), glide, shield-slide, and attack enemies with a melee and ranged weapons. There are a lot of similarities between the two games, but Lil Gator Game still played different enough to make it feel like something special.
In Lil Gator Game you are given free roam of the game's world, a large national park. This park is populated with NPCs that are looking for assistance with some sort of a simple task, such as finding a hidden item or destroying nearby targets. Upon completion you'll receive a reward, usually a new piece of gear or some currency, and the NPC will become your friend and will head off to the park's main camp (where everyone is going for story reasons). Throughout the park there are cardboard cutout monsters, created by your friends, which when destroyed will reward you with currency. This currency can be used to purchase new gear, such as hats, shields, and new weapons. These monsters can't actually hurt you, and in fact there is no threat of death in Lil Gator Game, which makes for a relaxing, stress-free adventure.
I had a good amount of fun with Lil Gator Game, but it wasn't without its faults. The gameplay loop was really fun for a few hours, but at about the two-and-a-half or three hour mark my interest really started to wain and I found myself wanting the end credits to make their appearance. The game's soundtrack didn't help matters either as the limited track list got repetitive and a bit grating. I actually finished the last bit of the game with no sound as I just didn't want to listen to it anymore. The soundtrack was quite good, just very repetitive.
If you're in the mood for a low stress, cozy, open world game, I think most people will thoroughly enjoy Lil Gator Game.